BCCI's Top Brass in Trouble; General Manager MV Sridhar Resigns

BCCI’s General Manager (Cricket Operations) MV Sridhar has resigned from the post, and his resignation was accepted by the Committee Of Administrators which was appointed by the Supreme Court of India. Sridhar submitted his resignation at COA’s meeting. BCCI’s CEO Rahul Johri will lead the cricketing operations in the meantime. The team will comprise of three members, Mayank Parik(international cricket, logistics), KVP Rao (Domestic Cricket) and Gaurav Saxena (ICC and ACC matters).

Rahul Johri sent the E-mail to the Office bearers informing about the resignation. The Press Trust of India has the sent E-mail. The mail read,

“Please note that Dr MV Sridhar has decided to move on and tendered his resignation,” Johri wrote in his mail to the office-bearers. His resignation has been accepted today by the Supreme Court appointed Committee of Administrators (COA). Dr Sridhar has agreed to stay on till September 30, 2017 for smooth handover of work. We thank him for his services to BCCI.”

Sridhar was under fire after Johri found him involved in the appointment of the new trainer at NCA, Soham Desai. He was also the one who brought up the idea of scrapping Duleep Trophy.

A BCCI official close to the matter said:

“Sridhar was time and again told to relocate to Mumbai and operate from there. However, he was shuttling between Hyderabad and Mumbai, which was not the best way to function for the head of Cricket Operations.”